The situation could lead Forbes to seek a hardship waiver from the NCAA that would allow him to play immediately instead of sitting out for one season. Forbes has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Forbes played high school basketball at Lansing Sexton, where he won a pair of state titles in 2011 and 2012 playing alongside current Spartan Denzel Valentine.

After signing with Cleveland State, he won the Horizon League’s Freshman of the Year award in 2013, and led the Vikings with 15.6 points per game this season while hitting 42.4 percent of his 3-pointers.

Forbes is the third guard the Spartans have added in the span of nine days. Last Thursday, 2015 guard Kyle Ahrens of Versailles, Ohio committed to the Spartans, followed by West Virginia transfer Eron Harris on Monday.

Forbes’s signing fills Michigan State’s last available scholarship, although one more could become available if Alex Gauna opts not to play his senior season. The forward has said there is an 80 percent chance he retires from basketball.